Pumped Out

Democrats already are making political hay out of high gas prices. The GOP could erase the issue by suspending and cutting the federal tax and making similar pushes at the state level. The move also would help educate Americans about the hidden taxes that increase the cost of everything. Republicans could parlay it into a general anti-tax movement.

Of course, Republicans would have to get serious about cutting spending and earmarks before they could do this, so it's never going to happen.

Andrew Cline